England fell way short of a par score in Brisbane and Australia fell way short today, that is pretty much all you can say, tells us nothing about what will happen in the next 4 days.

Just like in Brisbane - well-made point nonetheless. Harris and Bollinger could bowl an extraordinary new ball spell and bundle them out for 50 and Pupter could put on a 200 run p'ship by COP. Is it likely? No. Is it possible? Yes.

On the one hand, it is a far better batting wicket than Brisbane - Oz are at the very minimum 150 short of where they should've been after the first innings whereas you cant say the same for Eng at the Gabba

I haven't seen the footage of Ponting berating Strauss at the close of play yet, but am I right in thinking that he was having one of his little outbursts about "the spirit of the game" because Strauss started walking off before "time" was called?